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    Moonlit Tales from a Pleasure Garden
    Moonlit Tales from a Pleasure Garden
    Moonlit Tales from a Pleasure Garden
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    Moonlit Tales from a Pleasure Garden

    By Manuela Cardiga

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    Some Asian potentate - surfeit of pleasure - walked in his Pleasure Garden under the harvest moon. Night-blooms of the most exotic hue bled and blended perfumes into the balmy air; winding paths led to silver pagodas, wherein waited pleasures that might delight, or spike to desire the Imperial ennui...
    Can a Nightingale and a Rose teach an Emperor the meaning of love?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherManuela Cardiga
    Release dateMar 24, 2014
    ISBN9781310150159
    Moonlit Tales from a Pleasure Garden
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    Manuela Cardiga

    Manuela Cardiga is a writer of fiction and poetry. Her published titles include the novels and novellas Guilty Pleasures, Manscapes and Desire's Detective - as well as several short stories and poetry books. She is currently working on a new novel, and on a series of graphic novels.

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